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In the lead-up to winter, health experts warned that this year's flu season would be particularly brutal. Even so,the intensity seems to have caught authorities off-guard. Already we've seen close to 90,000 confirmed infections and 190 deaths, and we're still weeks away from the peak. Guest: ...

Some researchers argue that the world is overdue for an influenza pandemic. In that event Australian lives would depend on a robust response from health authorities to any deadly new virus. Meanwhile, what risk does antibiotic resistance pose to our health into the future? And are there other ...

Microbial ecologist and now author Gregory Crocetti explains why the Spanish Flu of 1918 had such high mortality. The Spanish Flu, or more accurately the 1918 influenza pandemic, is one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. It infected 500million people around the world, ...

It was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. One hundred years ago, the Spanish flu was starting its spread across the globe. It would go on to infect 500 million people worldwide, and kill between 50 and 100 million people. Where did this flu come from, what made it so devastating, and what ...

Flu hits the body hard. But hard enough to push someone into having a heart attack? New research from the New England Journal of Medicine suggests it may be the case. Guest: Jeffrey Kwong Senior Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Services. Scientist, Public Health Ontario Host: Dr ...